Comb for straightening hair



Jan. 16,1923. mxm

F. E. WHITE.

00MB FOR STBAIGHTENING HAIRH FILED MAY 24,1921.

Patented Jan. 16, 1923.

PATENT QFFEQED FRANK E. WHITE, 0]? NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

COMB FOR STRAIGHTENING HAIR.

Application filed May 24,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. VHITE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combs for Straightening Hair, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a relatively simple and comparatively inexpensive and efl'ective means for straightening curly or kinky hair by the application thereto of heat and in recognition of the fact that in order to secure the desired results, it is necessary to apply the heat to the hair uniformly and at both sides of the sameor above and beneath and throughout the length of the strands, and hence it is a particular object of this invention to provide a device for the purpose indicated by which the operation of effectively applying the heat may be simplified and expedited with the purpose of securing the desired result with a minimum expenditure of time upon the part of the operator; and with these objects in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view of one form of the apparatus having a plurality of combs mounted upon the same shank and showing in connection therewith an oscillatory iron or heating device which may be used in the treatment of short hair or where it is desired to operate very close to the scalp or the roots of the hair.

"Figure 2 is a transverse section on the plane indicated by the line 22 of Figure 5.

Figure 3 is a side View showing the heating iron swung out of operative relation with the combs for heating purposes.

Figure 4 is a transverse section on the line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a side view of a simplified form of single comb form.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the same, looking at the end of the teeth.

Figure 7 is a side view showing the heat ing iron or roller and thecomb swung in opposite directions to their inoperative positions to entirely remove the comb from the influence of heat used in tempering the iron.

The form of the apparatus which is illus trated in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive embodies a shank 30 having a head 31 upon opposite 1921. Serial No. 472,246.

sides of which are plvotally mounted combs 32 of similar construction secured in place by means of set screws 33 which are threaded into the head and engage notches 84 near the free ends of the combs, a heating device 35 being interposed between the planes of: the combs and being carried by a stem 36 pivoted as at 38 to the head and fitted in a seat 39 at the other end of the head where it is secured by a set-screw 40.

While a roller may be employed as a heating iron it is preferable under certain conditions to employ a transversely oval or elliptical iron as shown in the drawing, mountLng the same eccentrically upon the stem so as to be free to oscillate and lie close to or in contact with the combs alternately, as the combs are respectively brought into use either in upward or downward strokes through the hair, so as to come in contact with the latter even though short, and to operate close to the scalp and therefore close to the roots of the hair so as to have a straightening eltect upon all portions thereof.

It will be observed that the combs and heating iron are pivotally mounted at opposite ends oi the head so that when in heat ing the iron it is desired to remove the combs entirely from the influence of the heating means, they may be extended in opposite directions, the iron outwardly from and the combs and the handle which is indicated at 41 attached to the shank.

In the modified single comb form of the device illustrated in Figures 5 to '7 inclusive the shank 42 provided with a suitable handle 43 also carries a head 44 in Which the comb 45 is pivoted as at 46 to swing toward the handle while the stem 47 of the heating iron 48 is pivoted to the head at 49 for swinging movement in the opposite direction to the comb, said stem being adapted for reception by a seat 50 wherein it may be secured, to hold the heating element in its operative position by means of a 'setscrew 51.

An advantage of this single form of device is that the comb must pass through the hair with the heating device, in this case consisting of a roller revolubly mounted on the stem, at any desired distance from the hair, and while the roller may be brought directly into contact with the hair for polishing or glossing purposes, it may be applied thereto only momentarily by reason of the fact that a slight turning movement of the handle in the hand of the operator or by the hand of the operator will serve to withdraw the roller from the hair or vary the distance thereof from the hair to avoid scorching the same.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. An apparatus for the purpose described having a shank or stem, a roller mounted thereon and a comb disposed at one side of the plane of the roller and in parallelism to the axis thereof and having its teeth disposed in overlapping relation with the same.

2. An apparatus for the purpose described having a shank or stem and roller mounted thereon and adapted to be heated a pivotally mounted comb adapted for clamping relation in parallelism with the roller and having its teeth in overlapping relation therewith and also adapted to be moved to a position at angles to the roller and to be swung into normal position.

3. An apparatus for the purpose described having a head carrying a comb and a heating element or iron arranged in parallel relations for simultaneous contact with the hair, the comb and heating element being pivotally mounted upon the head.

'4. An apparatus for the purpose described having ahead carrying a comb and a heating element or iron arranged in parallel relations for simultaneous contact with the hair, the heating element being pivotally mounted upon the head for swinging movement out of operative relation with the comb.

5. An apparatus for the purpose described having a head carrying a comb and a heating element or iron arranged in parallel relations for simultaneous contact with the hair, the comb being pivotally mounted upon the head for swingingmovement out of operative relation with the iron.

6; An apparatus for the purpose described having a head carrying a comb and a heating element or iron arranged in parallel relations for shnultaneous contact with the hair, said-comb and iron being pivotally mounted upon the head for swinging movement in opposite directions.

7 An apparatus for the purpose described having a head carrying a comb and a heating element or iron arranged in parallel relations for simultaneous contact with the hair, the iron being movable transversely with relation to the plane of the comb.

S. An apparatus for the purpose described having a head carrying a comb and a heating elementor iron arranged in parallel relations for simultaneous contact with the hair, the heating element being revolubly mounted upon a stem for movement relative to the comb.

9. An apparatus for the purpose described having a head carrying a comb and a heating element or iron arranged in parallel relations for simultaneous contact with the hair, the heating element being of cross sectionally elliptical form and fulcrumed i'or oscillatory movement toward and from the plane of the comb.

10. An apparatus for the purpose described having a head carrying a comb and a heating element or iron arranged in parallel relations for simultaneous contact with the hair, the heating element havinga stem upon which it is fulcrumed eccentrically for oscillatory lateral movement relative to the plane of the comb.

11. An apparatus for the purpose described having a head carrying a plurality of combs arranged in transversely spaced relation and a heating element interposed between the planes of the combs.

12. An apparatus for the purpose described having ahead carrying a plurality of combs arranged in transversely spaced relation and a heating element interposed between the planes of the combs, said heating element and combs being pivotally mounted for longitudinal swinging movement.

13. An apparatus for the purpose described having a head carrying a plurality of combs arranged in transversely spaced relation and a heating element interposed between the planes of the combs, said heating element and combs being pivotally mounted for longitudinal swinging movement in relatively opposite directions.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

FRANK E. WHITE. 

